Business and ????? Double Major

mdcissp
Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:56:10 +0000

I suggest that you check about which school you applied to. As I understand it, the combined Computer Science/Business Administration degree is administered under Viterbi Engineering. Did you apply to Viterbi? Which school at USC were you accepted to? If you were accepted to Marshall Business, then I suggest you find out from Marshall if you can double major with CS. Also, I urge you to look at usc.edu and type in minors in the search box to see the long list of minors. If your passion is business, and you are not into computer programming, then perhaps you can major in business and specialize with one or two of the many minors. My own opinion is some of the minors are very practical and will clearly help with a job search and some of the minors are more for personal interest and not heavily help with a job search. You really need to look at your interests/strengths and study what you really enjoy. USC has many fantastic minors which are more specialized than a global “business administration” or global “computer science”. I also happen to think, if you want to stay in LA after graduation, that a combined Business degree with either Computer Science or Gerontology is the best way to go or just a Business degree with one or two minors in areas which you really want to study. The USC Gerentology school is the best in the U.S. with small classes and many jobs listed. There will be a lot of baby boomers retiring who will need gerentology related services. Accounting, in the Business school, is also very good for jobs.